Horse-power



(No Model.)

B. 0., W. O. 8v, H. S. LONG.

HORSE POWER.

No. 453,195. Patented June 2, 1 91.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLIS 0. LONG, VILLIARD 0. LONG, AND HERBERT S. LONG, OF HAYESVILLE, OHIO.

HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,195, dated June 2, 1891. I Application filed June 23, 1890. Serial No- 3561450. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ELLIs 0. Lone, WIL- LIARD 0. Loud, and HERBERT S. LONG, citizens of the United States, residing at Hayesville, in the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Horse- Power, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention has relation to horse-powers, and among the objects in view is to provide a horse-power capable of advantageous use for general purposes, and especially designed and adapted for raising wagon-beds, &c., in barns, said power being of cheap and simple construction and adapted to be started and stopped some distance from the apparatus itself.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horse-power constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The Windlass-frame comprises the side sills 20, from the opposite ends of which rise standards or posts 21, the pairs of sills being con nected by longitudinal side bars 22. The sills 20 are also connected by a pair of transverse bars 23, between which there is formed a bearing 24. Above the bars 23 the side bars 22 are connected by a pair of transverse bars 25, each of which extends beyond one of the bars 22, as shown, and between said bars there is provided bearing-opening 26, aligning with the bearing 24.

27 designates the druni,reduced at its ends to enter the bearings, and squared, as at 14, to receive a disk 28, provided near its periphery with an annular series of perforations 29. A drum-operating lever 30 is connected with the upper end of the drum, and upon said drum the lever is adapted to loosely revolve, and at its outer end is provided with a single or double tree 31, to which a team may be hitched. Apair of bearing-ears 32 project upwardly from the lever 30, and pivotally mounted in the same is a clip 33, which embraces an L-shaped bolt 34, terminating at its inner end in an eye 35. An opening 36 is formed in the lever and registers with the series of openings in the disk, and a spring 37 is secured to the lever and presses upon the outer end of the bolt, so as to normally press the same through the opening in thelever and disk. The drum is provided with a central bore 39, and through the same is passed a rope 40, one end of which is connected to the eye of the bolt, and the opposite end of which is connected to the outer free end of a brakelever 41, pivoted, as at 42, to one of the side bars, as shown. A brake-band 43 embraces the disk and has one end secured to one of the side bars 22, and the opposite end to the brake-lever. The brake-lever is designed to be engaged by a rack-bar 44, whereby the brake may be maintained, if desired.

46 designates a pair of bearing ears, in which is pivoted a gravity-latch 47 of L shape, and depending at the rear side of the operating lever or beam.

To operate the device, the horse is started and swings the outer end of the lever, and with it moves the disk and drum. By drawing the rope at one side the brake is put on, and by drawing at the opposite side the locking-bolt will be withdrawn from the openings against the tension of the spring, so that the brake alone serves to retain the drum against a retrograde movement, and a further movement upon the part of the horse will not be transmitted from the lever to the disk and from thence to the drum. By a proper manipulation of the above-mentioned ropes a person stationed upon the elevator may, after unloading, easily lower the rack to the ground by simply withdrawing the locking-bolt and releasing the lever by means of the gravitylatch previously described. Itwill be apparent that thelever cannot move to the rear, as said latch drops down between the corner of the frame and the lever during each revolution of the latter.

Having described our invention, what we claim is 1. The combination, with the drum centrally bored and mounted in a frame, of a ICO perforated disk mounted upon the drum, an operating-lever mounted upon the drum above the disk, a locking-bolt pivoted on the lever and passing through the perforation of the lever and into one of those of the disk, a cord or rope connected at one end to the lockingbolt and passing down through the bore of the drum, a brake-band encircling the disk, and a lever connected to the same to which the other end of the aforesaid rope is attached, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the drum-frame provided with corners, of a drum mounted in the frame, a lever mounted on the drum, and a gravity-latch pivoted loosely upon the lever and arranged in the path of and adapted to engage with said corners of the frame, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the drum-frame comprising opposite side sills, standards and standard connecting bars, transverse bars connecting the sills and the side bars, and those of the latter projecting beyond the side bars at opposite ends, said transverse bars being provided with intermediate bearings, of adrum having bearings at its opposite ends, mounted in the bearing-openings of the bars and provided with a squared portion, a disk having annular perforations, mounted on the squared portion, a lever loosely mounted above the disk upon the drum, an L-shaped lockingbolt pivoted on the lever and springpressed through a perforation in the lever into one of the perforations of the disk, a brake-band secured at one side to the frame and passing around the disk, a brake-lever pivoted to the frame and to one end of the brake-band,and a cord connected at one end to the inner end of the bolt, passed through a longitudinal opening in the drum, and at its opposite end connected to the brake-lever, substantially as specified.

4. In a horse'power, the combination of the drum, the perforated disk thereon, the sweeplever loosely mounted upon the disk, the locking device for holding the sweep rigid with the disk, a brake, and a cord leading from the same and to the lockin g device, substantially as specified.

5. In a horse-power, the combination of the drum,the perforated disk thereon,the sweeplever loosely mounted upon the disk, the looking device for holding the sweep rigid with the disk, and a brake, substantially as specified.

6. The combination, with the frame, of a drum, a disk mounted thereon and provided with an annular series of openings, a lever loosely mounted above the disk upon the drum, an L-shaped locking-bolt pivoted 011 the lever and spring-pressed through a perforation in the lever into one of the perforations of the disk,a brake-band secured at one side to the frame and passing around the disk, a brake-lever pivoted to the frame and to one end of the brake-band, and a cord connected to the inner end of the bolt and passing through a longitudinal opening in the drum and at its opposite end attached to the brakelever, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ELLIS 0. LONG. WVILLIARD 0. LONG. HERBERT S. LONG.

Witnesses:

JACOB WELTY, R. H. REED. 

